Directions

﻿﻿﻿﻿Piney River Ranch 303.905.4439Piney River Ranch is located 12 miles from West Vail at the end of
Red Sandstone Road. The physical address is 700 Red Sandstone Road. Please note
that GPS systems will only take you to the beginning of the U.S. Forest Service
road that leads to the ranch. You must travel 12 miles past that point to reach
the ranch entrance.
From Avon, take I-70 East to Exit 173 - West Vail Exit. Go left round the
roundabout and under the highway. Turn right onto N. Frontage Road. Go past the
shops and the post office and turn left onto Red Sandstone Road. Turn north
here and follow the paved road about 0.7 miles to a fork with a dirt road on
the left. There should be a Forest Service sign indicating this is Red
Sandstone Road #700 (Reset your odometer here). Continue up this road about 2.7
miles to an intersection with the Lost Lake Road (#786) and continue left. At
mile 6.5 you will pass Red and White Mtn Road-FSR 734. At mile 6.7 you will
pass the Lost Lake Trail parking lot on the right and then reach an
intersection where the Muddy Pass/Moniger Road goes left. Stay right here.
(Some maps show the Red Sandstone Road changing number from FSR 700 to FSR 701
at this point, and some don’t, but regardless, you stay right to get to Piney
Lake and the Upper Piney River Trail). At mile 9.1, you will cross the Piney
River and see a trailhead for Lower Piney River Trail - FDT 1885 on the left.
Stay right and reach a Forest Service parking lot on the right at mile 10.65
before the entrance to Piney River Ranch. If you are only hiking we request you
park in this lot. The trailhead is on the north side (left side of the parking
lot as one faces the Piney River Ranch entrance) of the parking lot. If visiting the ranch, you can drive
further to our parking lot. The road is not
paved, so it can be a little rough—however, four-wheel drive is not necessary.
Please plan for delays due to logging operations. Please allow at least 40
minutes from the start of the dirt road.Colorado Whitewater Rafting2000 Devereux Road
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601970-945-8477Take Interstate 70, to the West, Glendwood Springs. Exit #114 -
West Glenwood. Take round-a-bout to Midland Ave southbound, cross the river,
and make immediate left on Devereux Rd (at the Harley Davidson dealership). We
are 0.4 miles down on the right.﻿﻿